In UK, Oink Admin Cleared of Fraud 156
krou writes "The BBC is reporting that Alan Ellis, who ran music file sharing site Oink from his flat in the UK, has been found not guilty of conspiracy to defraud. Between 2004 and 2007, the site 'facilitated the download of 21 million music files' by allowing its some 200,000 'members to find other people on the web who were prepared to share files.' Ellis was making £18,000 a month ($34,600) from donations from users, and claimed that he had no intention of defrauding copyright holders, and said 'All I do is really like Google, to really provide a connection between people. None of the music is on my website.'" Reader Andorin recommends Torrentfreak's coverage, which includes summaries of the closing arguments.
Re:Spin (Score:5, Funny)
What of it? Oink was his business, good for him for making a profit off of it.
Yeah...but he didn't have to be a pig about it and hog all the money.
[ba dum tsh]
Thank you! I'll be here all night. Try the pork!
Re:He's an enabler... (Score:2, Funny)
I actually don't care one way or another, I was just being a smartass. I'm usually pretty good at it.
Re:Spin (Score:3, Funny)
How could you have missed that he really brought home the bacon?
Were you just spamming puns?